Identifying Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers

For the purposes of Texas Executive Order GA-14 the following are considered “Essential Services”:

ADVISORY MEMORANDUM ON IDENTIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORKERS DURING COVID-19 RESPONSE

• CISA Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Sectors:

  1. HEALTHCARE / PUBLIC HEALTH
  2. LAW ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS
  3. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
  4. ENERGY
  5. WATER AND WASTEWATER
  6. TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS
  7. PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT SERVICES
  8. COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  9. OTHER COMMUNITY- OR GOVERNMENT-BASED OPERATIONS AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
  10. CRITICAL MANUFACTURING
  11. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
  12. FINANCIAL SERVICES
  13. CHEMICAL
  14. DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE
  15. COMMERCIAL FACILITIES
  16. RESIDENTIAL/SHELTER FACILITIES AND SERVICES
  17. HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

• Religious services conducted in churches, congregations, and houses of worship.

• Other services as approved by the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

(NOTE: Only submit a request using the form below if your company does not meet any of the essential service sectors listed above.)

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The “CISA 16”